[COMPLETE] The Prime Minister by A. Trollope - km

clifford · Post by **clifford** » October 14th, 2009, 1:28 pm

May I claim chap. 27?

kmerline · Post by **kmerline** » October 15th, 2009, 1:01 pm

Thanks, annise.

Nicholas, the chapter is yours - thank you for claiming.

clifford · Post by **clifford** » October 15th, 2009, 1:05 pm

Here is Chapter 27

chap. xxvii
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/km/primeminister_27_trollope.mp3
time 32:32
29.7 MB

Nick Clifford

kmerline · Post by **kmerline** » October 17th, 2009, 12:01 pm

Thank you, Nicholas - posted and linked!

Jacquerie · Post by **Jacquerie** » October 18th, 2009, 1:53 pm

Hi, Karen,

May I claim sections 75 through 80?

Regards,
Chris

Post by **annise** » October 20th, 2009, 4:18 am

Jacquerie wrote:Hi, Karen,

May I claim sections 75 through 80?

Regards,
Chris

I'm sure Karen would be thrilled - I''ll pop them in the MW

Anne

Post by **annise** » October 20th, 2009, 4:21 am

clifford wrote:Here is Chapter 27

chap. xxvii
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/km/primeminister_27_trollope.mp3
time 32:32
29.7 MB

Nick Clifford

PL OK

- I'm really enjoying this book

Anne

kmerline · Post by **kmerline** » October 20th, 2009, 12:40 pm

Thanks, Anise, glad you are enjoying it.

and Chris, I am thrilled!

Jacquerie · Post by **Jacquerie** » October 20th, 2009, 2:01 pm

Thanks so much, Karen!

I'll get started this week.

Regards,
Chris

Jacquerie · Post by **Jacquerie** » October 21st, 2009, 1:01 pm

Here's Chapter 77:

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/km/primeminister_77_trollope.mp3 (length: 16:45)

Regards,
Chris

Jacquerie · Post by **Jacquerie** » October 23rd, 2009, 11:25 am

And here's Chapter 80 (end of book):

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/km/primeminister_80_trollope.mp3 (length: 14:38)

Best regards,
Chris

clifford · Post by **clifford** » October 23rd, 2009, 6:10 pm

May I claim chap. 28?

I am really enjoying the book too -- in fact I think it's my favorite of the Parliamentary Novels.

Nick Clifford

Jacquerie · Post by **Jacquerie** » October 24th, 2009, 9:24 am

Would anyone happen to know if "boody" is or was British slang? The sentence in one of my chapters is:

"Then he is left to boody over everything by himself till he becomes a sort of political hermit..."

I'm wondering if this is one of gutenberg's glitches (for "brood") or if it's a legitimate word.

Thanks,
Chris

clifford · Post by **clifford** » October 24th, 2009, 10:58 am

Slang or not, it is Trollope's word and not a misprint -- my copy of the PM put out by the Oxford U. Press in 1973 has it as Gutenberg has it.

It's not in the Dictionary of American Slang, but the big Oxford NED says it means to sulk, to mope, from the French bouder, which means the same.

The NED gives two examples of its use, both from Trollope, leading one to wonder if he invented the word. One is from the PM, which you are dealing with, and the other is from Barchester Towers.

Nick Clifford

Jacquerie · Post by **Jacquerie** » October 24th, 2009, 12:27 pm

Thanks so much for this information, Nick! Always nice to learn more about one's own language.

Best regards,
Chris